The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker characters

This article is about fictional characters from the video game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Link

In The Wind Waker, Link is a boy of a fishing village on an obscure island called Outset Island who for his birthday dresses as the Hero of Time of ancient legends (the Link from Ocarina of Time). When his sister Aryll is kidnapped he is forced to venture forth and become a hero himself, the hero of wind — and soon finds much more is at stake than just his sister.

Aryll

Aryll is Link's sister. She has a certain liking of seagulls, who flock to the lookout tower on Outset she named "Aryll's Lookout".

She is the first character that appears in Wind Waker (not counting the title scene and the ancient murials). She also is the main driving point for the first part of the story, with her rescue higher in Link's priorities than saving the land from evil.

In the first play-through, she wears a bright blue dress with a flower on it, while on the second play-through she has a half-maroon half-white dress with what looks like a skull on it.

The closest thing she has to a friend of the same species would be Sue-Belle, the pot-carrying girl.

The King of Red Lions

The King of Red Lions is a living sailboat that Link meets early in the game. It is with this boat that he is able to move from one island to another. The boat speaks to him, explaining what to do next and what's going on. Later in the game, it is revealed that the boat is operated magically by an ancient king of Hyrule preserved under the sea — this explains the name, since Hyrule's emblem is the red lion.

The King can speak the ancient tongue of Hyrule, and often does so on Link's behalf. On the second play through the game Link can understand these words.

King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule

King Daphnes Nohansen is the king of the long forgotten land of Hyrule. He is of the Royal Blood Line, just like the pirate Tetra, whose real name is Princess Zelda. To get to Link he remotely operates the King of Red Lions, a talking boat, using magic (see the King of Red Lions section).

Fado

Fado is a Kokiri sage. He prayed in the Wind Temple until Ganondorf stole his soul to rob the Master Sword of its power. His ghost came back to teach Link the Wind God's Aria. He plays the violin and is reputed to be a very saucy character. The succesor of Fado is a Korok forest spirit called Makar.

Medli

Medli is a Rito sage who prays in the Earth temple to restore power to the Master Sword. She is a child who, when Link meets her, is coming into her role as attendant to the enraged dragon Valoo. It is said that she is somewhat of a motherly figure to Prince Komali, despite his crush on her.

Valoo

Valoo is an ancient red dragon sacred to the Rito people. When first encountered he is fierce and enraged — on closer inspection this is understandable, as his tail is being tortured by an evil creature. After Link rescues him he becomes an important ally in his quest. Like the King of Red Lions, he can speak the ancient tongue of Hyrule.

Makar

Makar is a a Korok who flies in to the forbidden woods near Forest Haven Island. Another Korok named Linder comes back and tells the Great Deku Tree. Link goes into the forbidden woods and saves him. Later he prays in the Wind Temple to help restore the power of the Master Sword. He is a fiddler who helps the Deku Tree in a ritual that makes him produce seeds.

Cyclos

Cyclos is one of the Gods of the wind along with his brother Zephos. His name comes from the wind term cyclone, of which he is the god of in the game. In the game Cyclos resides in large cyclones on the sea. Link must shoot him with his bow and arrows in order for him to get a song for the Wind Waker that lets him summon cyclones that can carry him to other locations.

Jabun

Jabun is the God of the Sea and resides in Greatfish Isle. He is forced to flee Greatfish Isle when Ganondorf tries to get Nayru's Pearl from him. Greatfish is destroyed in the process. Jabun finds shelter in Outset Island, where Link finds him and is given the pearl.

Zephos

Zephos is a god of the winds along with his brother Cyclos. His name comes from the Greek Deity Zephyr, who was the God of the West Wind (Zephyr is also used to refer to any small breeze).

When Link first arrives on Dragon Roost Island he can go through a tunnel which leads him to the other side of the Island. On that side there is a small, separate, body of rock that has two monuments honoring the Gods Zephos and Cyclos. On Zephos' monument there are conductor's notes for a song called the Wind's Requiem, which lets Link control the direction of the wind. Once Link learns to play the song, and changes the direction of the wind, Zephos comes flying down and talks to Link about how he is the new Wind Waker. He also informs Link that his brother, Cyclos, is causing trouble out at sea with cyclones, because of the damage to his monument.

See also

• The Legend of Zelda series characters
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening characters
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask characters
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time characters